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Old 03-04-22, 11:41 AM
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Default Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteers -6th Corps Peterborough?

A recent CDV which turned up showing a Rifle Volunteer in a Studio pose with a Photographers name of J Bull, Peterborough.

Bearing in mind that Peterborough was part of the County of Northampton until 1974 and using Westlake's Rifle Volunteers Book as a reference it shows The 6th Corps of The Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteers were formed at Peterborough on 3rd March 1860.

The Volunteer shown wears a blackened numeral 6 on the low shako style cap and a cross belt plate which unfortunately lacks enough detail for a positive identification.

Could anyone confirm the identification of the Unit in question please, a long shot probably as I imagine other Volunteer Units may well have used a '6' on the cap but coupled with the Peterborough Studio location it seems a possible identification option.

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Old 03-04-22, 12:35 PM
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Can't help with identification but found details of the photographer , other photos with the text "By J Bull Peterborough" date to the 1860's . By the 1870's the text changed to "John Bull Peterborough".

The reverse of photos had the text "John Bull Portrait and Landscape Photographer City Road, Peterborough."


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Old 03-04-22, 12:41 PM
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Mike,

That's a great help, thank you, narrows down the date to coincide with the Formation date of the 6th Corps.

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